News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Civil society recommends OSCE’s greater engagement with Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...
Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo hosts annual judicial conference
Publishing date: 3 December 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 3 December 2011 – More than 250 judges are meeting today at the annual judicial conference to review the challenges the supreme and district courts face in administering justice and to advance strategies to overcome them. The conference is organized by the OSCE Mission, in co-operation with the Kosovo Judicial Council, the Supreme Court and Kosovo Judicial Institute.
OSCE Mission to Moldova and ODIHR promote women’s inclusion in the security sector
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
CHIŞINĂU, 8 December 2011 – Gender equality and non-discrimination in security sector policies are the focus of a two-day training event held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), that started today in Chişinău...
OSCE promotes women’s political participation in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
YEREVAN, 2 December 2011 – Measures to increase the number of women candidates nominated by Armenian political parties was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator hosts annual meeting on combating human trafficking for consular officials in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
KYIV, 2 December 2011- A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to promote co-operation between the Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to prevent human trafficking was held today...
OSCE Centre promotes transparency in extractive industries
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported seminar on effective ways for civil society and the media to interact with the government and private companies in implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Western Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region began today in Uralsk...